1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Books for Bee=keepers and Others. 



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Any of these books on which postage is not given 

 will be forwarded by mail postpaid, on receipt of price. 



In buying books, as every thing else, we are liable 

 to disappointment if we make a purchase without see- 

 ing the article. Admitting that the book-seller could 

 read all the books he offers, as he has them for sale, it 

 were hardly to be expected he would be the one to 

 mention all the faults, as well as good things about 

 a book. We verj* much desire that those who favor us 

 with their patronage shall not be disappointed and 

 therefore we are geing to try to prevent it by mention- 

 ing all the faults, so far as we can, that the' purchaser 

 may know what he is getting. In the following list, 

 books that we approve we have marked with a * ; 

 those we especially approve, ** ; those that are not up 

 to times, f ; books that contain but little matter for 

 the price, large type, and mvich space between the 

 lines, I ; foreign, §. The bee-books are all good. 



As many of the bee-books are sent with other goods 

 by freight or express, incurring no postage, we give 

 prices separately. You will notice that you can judge 

 of the size of the books very well by the amount re- 

 quired for postage on each. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 



Postage.] [Price without postage. 



Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



10 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 40 



Christian's Secret of a Happy Life,** 50c; cloth 1 00 

 John Ploughman's Talks and Pictures, by Rev. 



C. H. .Spurgeon* 10 



Gospel Hymns, consolidated, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 1, 

 words only; cloth, 10c; paper 5 



2 I Same, board covers 20 



5 Same, words and music, small type, board cov. 45 



10 I Same, words and music, board covers 75 



3 I New Testament in pretty flexible covers 05 



One-third off on all Gospel Hymns mentioned above. 



5 I New Testament, new version, paper covers 10 



4 I Stepping Heavenward** 18 



5 I Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book that will be sure to be read, if left 



around where the boys get hold of it, and any boy who 

 reads it will be pretty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



20 A B C of Bee Culture, cloth 1 00 



Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson ... 50 



3 Amateur Bee-keeper, by J. W. Rouse 22 



14 Bees and Bee-keeping, by Frank Cheshire, 



England, Vol. I., § 2 36 



21 Same, Vol. II., § 2 79 



Same, Vols. I. and II., postpaid 5 25 



10 Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 65 



10 Cook's Manual, cloth 1 15 



5 I Doolittle on Queen-rearing 95 



2 I Dzierzon Theory 10 



3 I Foul Brood; Its Natural History and Rational 



Treatment 22 



1 I Honey as Food and Medicine 05 



10 I Langstroth Revised, by Chas. Dadant & Son 1 10 



15 I Quinby's New Bee-keeping 90 



I British Bee-keeper's Guide-book, by Thomas 



William Cowan, England § -10 



I The Honey-bee, by Thos William Cowan !^5 



3 Merrybanks and His Neighbor, by A. I. Root... 15 



I Bienenzucht und Honiggewinnung 50 



Or "Bee Culture and the Securing of Honey," a Ger- 

 man bee-book by J. F. Eggers, of Grand Island, Neb. 

 Postage free. 



MISCELLANEOUS HAND-BOOKS. 



5 I A B C of Carp Culture, by Geo. Finley 25 



5 I A B C of Strawberry Culture,** by T. B. Terry.. 



New edition, revised and enlarged; paper, 45c ; 



cloth, tiSc; bv mail, 75c. 

 5 I A B C of Potato Culture, Terry** New edition. 



revised i: enlarged ; oaper, 45c; cloth. 6iSc. mail 7"),-. 



This is T. B. Terry's fir.st and most masterly work. 



8 I Barn Plans and Out-buildings* 90 



Canary birds, paper 50 



2 I Celery for Profit, by T. Greiner** 25 



The first really full and complete book on celery- 

 culture, at a moderate price, that we have had It is 

 full of pictures, and the whole thing is made .so plain 

 that a schoolboy ought to be able to grow paying 

 crops at once vrithout any a.ssistance except from the 

 book. 



15 I Draining for Profit and Health, Warring 30 



10 I Fuller's Grape Culturist** 1 15 



8 I Domestic F;conomy, by I. H. Mayer, M. D.** ... 30 

 This book ought to save at least the money it costs, 

 each year, in every hou.sehold. It was written by a 

 doctor, and one who has made the matter of domestic 

 economy a life study. The regular price of the book 

 is SI. 00, but by taking a large lot of them we are en- 

 abled to make the price only 30 cents. 



10 I Farming for Boys* 1 15 



This is one of Joseph Harris' happiest productions, 

 and it seems to me that it ought to make farm-life fas- 

 cinating to any boy who has any sort of taste for gar- 

 dening. 



Farming with Green Manures, postpaid** 90 



7 Farm, Gardening, and Seed-growing** 90 



12 Gardening for Plea.sure, Henderson* 1 10 



12 Gardening for Profit** 1 10 



8 Gardening for Young and Old, Harris** 90 



This is Joseph Harris' best and happiest effort. Al- 

 though it goes over the same ground occupied by Peter 

 Henderson, it particularly emphasizes thorough culti- 

 vation of the soil in preparing your ground ; and this 

 matter of adapting it to young people as well as old is 

 brought out in a most happy vein. If your children 

 have any sort of fancy for gardening it will pay you to 

 make them a present of this book. It has 187 pages 

 and 46 engravings. 



3 I Grasses and Clovers, with Notes on Forage 



Plants 20 



This is by Henry A. Dreer, author of the book, 

 •■ Vegetables Under Glass" that has had such a large 

 sale of late. This little book tells how six tons of 

 grass has been grown to the acre, and gives much 

 other valuable matter. 

 10 I Greenhou.se construction, by Prof, Taft** 1 15 



This book is of recent publication, and is as full and 

 complete in regard to the building of all glass struc- 

 tures as is the next book in regard to their manage- 

 ment. Any one who builds even a small structure for 

 plant-grow'ing under glass will save the value of the 

 book by reading it carefully. 



12 I Greenhouse Management, by Prof. Taft** 1 15 



The book is a c mpanion to Greenhouse Construc- 

 tion. It is clear up to the times, contains 400 pages 

 and a grt at loi of beautiful half-tone engravings. A 

 large part of it is devoted to growing vegetables under 

 gla.ss, esDtcially Grand Rapids lettuce, as well as 

 fruits and flowers. The publisher's price is $1.50; but 

 as we bought quite a lot of them we can make a spe- 

 cial price as above. 



5 I Garden and Farm Topics, Henderson** 60 



5 Gregory on Cabbages, paper* 20 



5 Gregory on Squashes, paper* 20 



5 Gregory on Onions, paper* 20 



The above three books, by our friend Gregory, are 

 all valuable. The book on squashes especially is good 

 reading for almost anybody, whether they raise 

 squashes or not. It .strikes at the very foundation of 

 success in almost any kind of business. 



I Handbook for Lumbermen 05 



5 I Home Pork-making; 125 p-iges, illustrated 40 



I think it will pav well for everybody who keeps a 

 pig to have this book. It tells all about the care of 

 the pig, with lots of pictures describing cheap pens, 

 appliances, all about butchering, the latest and most 

 approved short cuts; all about making the pickle, 

 barreling the meat.fixingasmoke-hou.se (from the 

 cheapest barrel up to the most approved arrange- 

 ment); all about pig-troughs; how to keep them clean 

 with little labor; lecipes for cooking pork in every 

 imaginable way, etc. Publisher's price is 50 cents, 

 ours as above. 



10 Household Conveniences 1 40 



1.5 How to Make the Garden Pay** 1 35 



2 How to Propagate and Grow Fruit, Green* 15 



2 I Injurious Insects, Cook 10 



10 I Irrigation for the Farm, Garden, and Orchard* 85 



By Stewart. This book, so far as 1 am informed, is 

 almost the only work on this matter that is attracting 

 .so much interest, especially recentlv. Using water 

 from springs, brooks, or windmills to take the place 

 of rain, during our great drouths, is the great problem 

 before us at the present day. The book has 274 pages 

 and 142 cuts. 



3 I Maple Sugar and the Sugar-bush** 32 



4 I Peabody's Webster's Dictionary 10 



Over 3O,O0O words and 250 illustrations. 



